In a manner of speaking, Jynn replied. Your droid and I 'bumped into each other' a little while ago, and since I can't really understand what he's saying, I decided to talk to you. What brings you here?

Well, that's not too uncommon, I suppose. Do you mind coming down here? I hate to ask, but I've got a friend down here that just had surgery done on him trying to walk around, and another friend who's being 'attacked' by these annoying voices in his head. I could use a bit of help.

"Jynn, dont hold connections through the force too long," said Cyphon weakly, "As I said, this place has an absence of the force, not only an absence, almost an opposite version...." He took a breath. "This place will not only drain physical energy when you're using any force technique for an elongated period of time, but force energy as well...until you have no feeling of the force....then you'll have to medatate and rest a long time before you regain that force energy...so I implore you, keep this as short as possible, or we'll all be unconcious," he said at last, relaxing a bit and putting more of his weight on Jynn.

"Sorry" he muttered in her ear, realising she was having a bit of a time holding him up.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

"Leave Shadow be," said Cyphon, looking over at him. "He's got to fight his own demons...as I said," he said this looking back to Jynn, his face stern, showing he didn't want her interfering with Shadow's problems, whether they be here-and-now, or ressurecting problems from the past.

At the clunking of the droid falling from the ceiling, Jhon, Geag, and Ulgoy had come back, to see what the matter was. Jhon came around the corner, just as Alex came running down the hall. Jhon thinking he was threatening Jynn and Cyphon pulled the blue device from his side and said, "hold human, or I will open your skull! What are your intentions?" He asked standing infront of Jynn and Cyphon.

Cyphon couldn't, or wouldn't say anything at the moment, because he too had lost too much of the force, and that, combined with his lack of physical energy, caused him to fall into a comatose state. Thus Cyphon was nothing more than a semi-concious piece of luggage Jynn had to bare, unable to say anything in the defense of the newcomer.

((Rex, you intend on responding to my PM? You're taking quite a bit of time to respond - ))

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Jhon lowered the device, it couldn't be denied to be a weapon. "Heal him? He's fine, healing wise, he needs rest though," said Jhon looking back at Cyphon, then turning to Jynn, he raised his head in a backwards nod, indicating 'hello'. Then Jhon noticed Shadow, and walked over to him. Jhon stared Shadow square in the eyes, studying them carefully.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Jhon glanced at Alex for a second, "he's had surgery, he's fine, he was injured, is what she should have said. But as I said, he's weak from the operation, he needs rest; she probably wanted you to help carry him to a place of rest," he said still staring at Shadow. "I'll lead the way...when the time comes," he said.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Shadow had heard Jynn and Cyphon, and tried to fight the voices. The force did nothing to them though, as it just seemingly passed through them as though it didn't exist. He was losing strength until he realized that the force was of no use here simply because it did not exist here. It never had existed here.

Do not listen to the Flood Intelligance Form Reclaimer. You must activate the ring if we are to stop the Flood.

Arrogant machine! We have all suffered from the progress of infinity, yet you remain untouched. We have seen life, where all you see is machine and death.

This is irrellivant Flood Intelligance Form. Your kind must not be allowed to spread again. The Reclaimer must activate the ring.

And why the one with no beginning, no end, no purpose?

That is classified to only myself Flood Intelligence Form.

Get out of my head! Shadow shouted in his mind to the two bickering sides, temporarily stunning them. Before they could make a comeback, Shadow continued.

I will never activate this ring, and I will never allow the Flood to escape this ring! You two treat life as either something to be consumed or to be removed for containment purposes. I will not allow you in my head any longer!

Reclaimer, you must choose. There will be-

Out!

Listen to what we-

Out!

Very well, Reclaimer. But remember this; you will have to choose during your time here. I can only hope it does not result in the release of the Flood.

And when you do, you will be alone.

Out! Shadow shouted in his mind again, feeling them leave his mind. He sighed, feeling drained, and found himself looking into the eyes of an alien, along with a few other people and aliens in the room.

"It's getting a bit crowded in here." Shadow stated picking up his helmet that had been thrown on the floor. He tucked it under his arm and, seeing Jynn holding Cyphon up, asked "What happened to Cyphon?"

"He's drained of energy...this place will do that to you," said Jhon in response to Shadow's question. "This place is filled with death, it causes the sapping of mind and body...but we have learned to fight it," he said motioning to Geag and Ulgoy.

Then Jhon moved away towards Cyphon and examined him more closely. "His injuries are healing at a signifigant rate...but...his side wound has reopened," Jhon glared up at Jynn when he said this, indicating that she reopened his wound because she had been holding him up wrong. "But...it's only minorly torn, it should heal on it's own; he is in a coma though...and it seems to be getting worse, he could become too comatose and slip into neurologically unstable state...I estimate if he doesn't get better treatment, and put into more calming, less stressful surroundings...he has a chance of dieing in the next twenty four hours," said Jhon at last, no emotion or concern on his face, showing how hardened he had become over the years.

Jhon stood up and stared at Jynn, "my, your friend seems to be the lucky one lately," he said, with a look of suspision on his face. Jhon was about to lead the way to the hangar when he stopped and realised something, "um, was that large group of armored humans with you?" He asked them, a small look of concern growing on his face.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

((You were reffering only to Cyphon about the snapping of the mind and body thing, right? Because I had something different in mind for my character about the voices.))

"They are with us. We might run into a patrol or two of them since Cyphon most likely dispersed them thoughout the ship also." Shadow replied. He walked over to Jynn and took Cyphon, holding him the right way. "I'll carry this old baggage for you Jynn."

He then turn to Jhon and said trying to be humorous "Lead the way. Can't have this old guy dieing on me when he still owes me credits from our last pazzak game." Shadow felt better, but he still felt a bit shaken.

((Jhon wasn't reffering to the voices at all....I dont know where you got that from.))

"Don't count your luck," said Jhon, "those men of yours left, we were watching them, when they started scambling into those ships, and just...left," he glanced over his shoulder at them when he said this. "They were yelling at eachother about a fire onboard," he said, pondering for a moment. "Whatever that means," he said shrugging.

"Come, we'll take him to the engine room, where we live," said Jhon, turning back, and walking down the hall. Geag walked up to Jynn's side, and asked, "you done with making friends out of thin air?" He said jokingly. Then he lifted up the heavy blaster rifle he had taken earlier from her, "me brought it back, me trust you now, besides, it yours anyways," he said, his brow wrinkling into a smile as he struggled to lift it higher so she could take it from him.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

"Don't ask me, ask them, they're the ones who left, fire on a ship can be a dangerous thing though," said Jhon in response to her qeustions.

After turning many corners they found that indeed the ship was abandoned, and disturbingly empty. Then they came to a section of the ship that was blown out, and it could be seen through a plasma shield. The section was missing, scaffolding sticking out of where it used to be, the plating of the ship still holding in place in some spots over nothing. Looking out, you could see the vastness of space, and up above a ways you could see the ship, and indeed it was on fire, the whole port side was billowing, and ejecting smoke, fire could be seen licking out of open vents in the side; if you looked carefully, you could see scrambling figures in the hangar, attempting to put the fires out.

Jhon didn't let them look for long, before he was leading the way again. "Come, only a little farther, then we'll be in the engine room, where we can rest, and formulate a plan of action," he said to them. He looked over his shoulder at them, "which one of you is next in command? Is it you girl?" He asked Jynn.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

"Ah," said Jhon in response, just nodding and thinking. Then Ulgoy, with impatience that had grown in him, did something rather, uncalled for. He snatched Cyphon from Shadow's grasp, and set him on the ground, then he took Jynn and quickly put her on his shoulder, then did likewise with Shadow, which showed the his true stregth, considering Shadow was a big guy. Then he grabbed Alex, and slung him in an awkward piggyback position, then he lifted Cyphon off the floor, again showing his strength. At this Geag hopped onto the only spot left, his leg, he latched on, and held for dear life. And at this Ulgoy charged at surprising speed for someone of his size, and the amount he carried.

Jhon just looked after them, "dont wait up for me, I'll be there when I get there," he said waving after them. Then he looked down at the little astromech that was whirring and booping next to him. "Well, you're like no AI human construct I've seen," he said to it.

Geag, was surprisingly happy with his position, and was laughing like a madman as they went charging down the halls and corridors. Surprisingly enough, Ulgoy handled Cyphon very well, even while he was running. "Ahahaha! You look like you enjoying this big man," he said to the shocked and wide eyed Shadow.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

"There are only two other times when I've been picked up by something bigger than myself. The first time I don't want to go into, but the second time I was nearly eaten by a Rancor." Shadow said as he gripped onto Ulgoy tighter. "But I don't think your friend has the same intentions, so I'll enjoy myself."

After awhile Ulgoy came to a stop, and came to rest in a large room, filled with all kinds of strange panels, box things, portable control panel things, and weapon holders. There were different sections, with makeshift walls, showing that each one of these 'rooms', or cells, were where they lived. Geag hopped off Ulgoy's foot, and scampered over to a large machine connected to one of the engine ports. He pressed some buttons and checked some readings.

Ulgoy walked over to a makeshift bed with strange padding, and set Cyphon down. Then he let down each person on him consecutively. Then he remained standing for a bit, then sat on the floor, watching the humans around him. Geag came back to them and said, "this where we live, it our home for long time, me show you around, while we wait for Jhon, okey dokey?" He said cheerfully.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Geag's brow wrinkled in happiness, and he took Jynn by the wrist and started showing her around, beckoning the others to follow.

Soon Jhon came walking into the room, his mind seemed occupied by many thoughts. He went to Cyphon and started checking him again, getting up he let out the slightest hint of a smile. Turning to the group of humans he said, "he's better now that he's in a less stressful environment, if any of you are carrying medicine, then I suggest giving it to him, it will help relieve stress even more, and help heal his body, giving him a better chance to survive."

Jhon went over to a table-like apperatus, that protruded from the ground, it had several panels, and what looked to be projectors, but they weren't on. He beckoned Shadow to come over, and stand at the other end, opposite him.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

He was sent out here to find a Jedi named Alex that had lost himself in Hyperspace. He only had a small freighter named "Death Warden" but it was well equiped to resist a heavy battle.

But then he saw a Trade Federation Control Ship in a ship graveyard near Halo, the dreaded planet he only had heard tales of, but he was still curious has to know what it was doing there.

A message came through from the ship and a clone appeared on the screen "Who are you and what is your business here?" questioned the clone "I ask the questions around here. What in hell are you troopers doing here?!"
"We were attacked by the Rebel Confederacy and were forced to take this ship to escape. Master Cyphon is our commander he currently isnt here." said he trooper in an hypnotised voice. Master Cyphon? This his getting better... He tought. " Where is he?" demanded Zeryl "He's on one of the wrecked ships investigating." answered the trooper still hypnotised giving him the coordinates. Then thats where i'm going.

He arrived at the ship and landed without bothering to see if he could answer. If "Gran master" Cyphon was here then that foolish Alex wouldn't be far.

"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion I gain strenght.
Through strenght I gain power.
Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The force shall free me." -Code of the Sith

Jhon glanced at the apperatus and responded, "it's just a statis projector, maintenance crews used to use them to monitor the engine's statis."

"That is not why I brought you to this; you are the leader are you not," he said, but continued without waiting for a response. "We've been stuck here a long time, and though there's a small chance, there's still a chance of other survivors on the other ships. Along with the fact that the holy city, High Charity, has been...corrupted, we must take it back, then get supplies from the ring world, Halo, we had many supplies sent down there, and they're probably still there," he said, explaining his motives.

"You and I must work together to formulate a plan, some insent of action, since your leader is, comatose," he said, glancing at Cyphon. "What say you human, will you help us, and discuss a plan of action?" He asked Shadow.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Shadow was nervous at the prospect of going back onto the ringworld. Just the thought of it gave shivers down his spine. But he knew that the ship they came in on would need repairs that could not be accopmlished with the current parts they have. So his dread of the ringworld could be pushed aside for that, but he still had to ask something, not that it would influence his decion, but he still had to know. "Are the Flood and Sentinals on them?"

Jhon jerked upright at the mention of the Flood, "...the Flood...is what infests the holy city, but as for Halo, they're either gone, or only in parasite form," he said quietly. "Their combat forms...could not have sustained this long, and they are most likely nothing but hibernating bugs right now," he said with a slight shudder. "The Sentinels, the holy guardians of the ring, they are...well, they're there, where they are, I know not," he said concentrating in thought.

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Shadow shuddered and said "We will assist you in retrieving anyone that may still be alive and getting supplies. Now as for your question earlier, I can help heal him with the Force and I do carry three spare Bacta packs on me."

Darth Zeryl ran down the corridors following Cyphon's weak Force trail. He reached a door and sensed he was just behind it. Zeryl opened the door and ran in and ignited his sabers when he saw the creatures that surrounded the jedis.

"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion I gain strenght.
Through strenght I gain power.
Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The force shall free me." -Code of the Sith

The Flood? Jynn thought. I wonder what that is. And whatever it was, nobody seemed happy about it. As she turned to ask, a powerful man burst in, igniting twin lightsabers perfectly matched. The light from the blades swirled in different shades of crimson.

Jynn's eyes narrowed and flashed green, her hands gripping her lightsaber as her own silver blade shimmered into existence. Only one word passed through her mind. Sith... She leaped across the distance between them and slashed at him without a second thought.

At the man's rude entrance to the room Jhon jerked up to his full height, towering even over Shadow. Jhon himself pulled out a strange handle, holding it lengthwise, he flung his arm at his side, giving out a battle cry, the handle errupting into a strange blade type weapon. He saw Jynn going straight for an attack, so he did what he thought was best, and aided her by jumping in as well, though he didn't have the force, he was still able to launch himself at the man from the table-like-apperture, sending him across the distance between himself and the man. He went for a piercing throttle to the neck, while he saw Jynn slash at the man from a certain angle, their blades converging towards the man simaltaniously.

Ulgoy crouched ready in the background of the soon coming fight, ready to come in fighting if things went ill for Jynn or Jhon. Geag, though he was of a cowardly race, he only let out a yelp at the newcomer, but stood his ground, drawing his weapon, he also waited to see if things would go against Jynn and Jhon.

((Thanx D_L, I'm sorry about earlier, I just get really ticked when people just do certain things that...nag me, ugh *shudders*.))

"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)

Shadow, who was stunned for a moment at the manís entry, instantly recognized the Sith Lord after he ignited his sabers. Unfortunately, he could not stop Jynn and Jhon from activating their weapons and lunging at him. On one had, the Sith destroyed what life he had developed as a Jedi. On the other hand, that was in the past and this Sith was an ally.

I'm defiantly not going to be very popular for this, he thought grimly. He immediately sent out a powerful force wave to knock them off their feet, followed by a force pull to tear their weapons out of their hands towards himself.

Then he shouted before they could retaliate "Stand down and listen. He is an ally."

As Jynn's blade arced towards the Sith, she was knocked off her feet by an unexpected attack from the side. The Force wave slammed her to the ground, disorienting her slightly...

"You are so dreadfully easy to sneak up on," Xendek said mockingly as she sprawled on the floor. He stratched out his hand, and her lightsaber went sailing into his grasp. He turned it over, examining it carefully.

"Still using this?" he said disdainfully. "I'm surprised you managed to keep it this long. That's another thing, by the way. You really do need to keep a better hold on your weapon, don't you know?" He flourished his scarlet blade, smiling triumphantly as she backed towards the wall.

A better hold on your weapon...

Jynn's fingers tightened around the hilt of her lightsaber as it was Force pulled. She didn't hold her ground, but she didn't lose her weapon, either. As she was yanked along with it, she twisted her body sideways, and waited for the opportune moment to lay her opponent flat on the ground with a high kick. She tensed her muscles in preparation - and stopped, deactivating her lightsaber.

"Shadow?" she said. "The frak was that abou- wait." She blinked as the full import of his words swept over her. "Ally? The frak is that about?" Her lips curled in a near snarl. She tried not to judge beings before she knew them, but Sith were bad news all around. Apparently the Republic Empire wasn't as straightforward as it appeared.